Is Aereo TV Legal?

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Aereo TV's business model in basic form is: receive local over-the-air channels and rebroadcast them over the internet for a $12/month fee to subscribers. The content from which they draw from is television networks who spend money to produce and broadcast the programming in the first place.

Aereo, has said that it does not plan to pay any retransmission fee to the broadcasters.

How can this be legal? Leave a comment if you agree or disagree with Aereo's business model.

Much to the chagrin of major television networks, Aereo begins offering their streaming TV service to residents in New York City today.

The service offers over-the-air broadcasted television channels to Aereo enabled devices with an internet connection for $12 a month.​